SPORTS DIGEST

BASKETBALL

Lebron James finished with 51 points as his Los Angeles Lakers side beat his former club the Miami Heat 113-97. James, who joined the Lakers from the Cavaliers in the close-season, passed the 50-point threshold late with a 32-foot shot for three. It was the 13th time LBJ has passed 50 points in his career on a night which saw him add eight rebounds and three assists. Kentavious Caldwell-pope added 19 for the Lakers and Kyle Kuzma 15. NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: Miami Heat 97 LA Lakers 113, Minnesota Timberwolves 87 Memphis Grizzlies 100, Orlando Magic 131 New York Knicks 117, San Antonio Spurs 104 Golden State Warriors 92, Washington Wizards 109 Portland Trail Blazers 119.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKING: 1 Justin Rose (Eng) 10.03pts ave, 2 Brooks Koepka (USA) 10.03, 3 Dustin Johnson (USA) 9.19, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 8.77, 5 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 7.31, 6 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6.47, 7 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 6.44, 8 Jon Rahm (Spa) 6.40, 9 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.97, 10 Rickie Fowler (USA) 5.94, 11 Jason Day (Aus) 5.88, 12 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.77, 13 Tiger Woods (USA) 5.57, 14 Tony Finau (USA) 5.39, 15 Patrick Reed (USA) 5.32, 16 Jordan Spieth (USA) 5.18, 17 Bubba Watson (USA) 4.99, 18 Webb Simpson (USA) 4.72, 19 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 4.65, 20 Alex Noren (Swe) 4.63, 21 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.56, 22 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.44, 23 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 4.02, 24 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 4.01, 25 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 4.01, 26 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 3.73, 27 Phil Mickelson (USA) 3.65, 28 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3.57, 29 Matt Kuchar (USA) 3.56, 30 Kyle Stanley (USA) 3.55, 31 Keegan Bradley (USA) 3.55, 32 Gary Woodland (USA) 3.49, 33 Cameron Smith (Aus) 3.40, 34 Kevin Kisner (USA) 3.21, 35 Billy Horschel (USA) 3.18, 36 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 3.17, 37 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 3.16, 38 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 3.14, 39 Ian Poulter (Eng) 3.09, 40 Haotong Li (Chn) 2.95, 41 Adam Scott (Aus) 2.91, 42 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 2.84, 43 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2.70, 44 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2.69, 45 Kevin Na (USA) 2.67, 46 Emiliano Grillo (Arg) 2.62, 47 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2.57, 48 Brian Harman (USA) 2.56, 49 Branden Grace (Rsa) 2.55, 50 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 2.53. EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI Final positions (prize money in euros, Gbr & Irl unless stated): 1 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 6,041,521, 2 Patrick Reed (USA) 4,713,351, 3 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 4,399,755, 4 Xander Schauffele (USA) 3,607,488, 5 Justin Rose (Eng) 3,431,616, 6 Alex Noren (Swe) 3,351,488, 7 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 3,315,654, 8 Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 3,223,149, 9 Haotong Li (Chn) 3,118,291, 10 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2,887,527, 11 Jon Rahm (Spa) 2,590,408, 12 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2,486,574, 13 Lucas Bjerregaard (Den) 2,484,562, 14 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 2,478,435, 15 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 2,295,135, 16 Russell Knox (Sco) 2,232,850, 17 Lee Westwood (Eng) 2,197,557, 18 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 2,187,151, 19 Alexander Bjork (Swe) 2,137,959, 20 Danny Willett (Eng) 2,113,674. WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 8.05pts ave, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 7.56, 3 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 7.11, 4 Inbee Park (Kor) 6.59, 5 Lexi Thompson (USA) 6.39, 6 Minjee Lee (Aus) 5.85, 7 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 5.51, 8 Georgia Hall (Eng) 5.28, 9 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 5.25, 10 Jin Young Ko (Kor) 4.95, 11 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 4.85, 12 Jessica Korda (USA) 4.82, 13 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.81, 14 Lydia Ko (Nzl) 4.73, 15 In-kyung Kim (Kor) 4.54, 16 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 4.54, 17 In Gee Chun (Kor) 4.53, 18 Danielle Kang (USA) 4.35, 19 Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha) 4.33, 20 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 4.26, 21 Hye Jin Choi (Kor) 4.00, 22 Nelly Korda (USA) 3.81, 23 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.69, 24 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.67, 25 Cristie Kerr (USA) 3.65.

GRIDIRON

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Arizona Cardinals 21 Oakland Raiders 23, Atlanta Falcons 19 Dallas Cowboys 22, Baltimore Ravens 24 Cincinnati Bengals 21, Detroit Lions 20 Carolina Panthers 19, Indianapolis Colts 38 Tennessee Titans 10, LA Chargers 22 Denver Broncos 23, New Orleans Saints 48 Philadelphia Eagles 7, NY Giants 38 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35, Washington Redskins 21 Houston Texans 23, Jacksonville Jaguars 16 Pittsburgh Steelers 20, Chicago Bears 25 Minnesota Vikings 20.

ICE HOCKEY

Mikko Rantanen scored with only two seconds left in overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche their 10th win of the season over the Anaheim Ducks. Anaheim squandered a 3-1 lead as Nathan Mackinnon scored on 18:05 in the second and at 11:20 in the third to draw the Avalanche level at 3-3. Mackinnon went from scorer to provider in the extra period as Rantanen fired a shot from deep with 1.3 seconds left. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE: Anaheim Ducks 3 Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT), Carolina Hurricanes 2 New Jersey Devils 1, Chicago Blackhawks 3 Minnesota Wild 1, Edmonton Oilers 3 Vegas Golden Knights 6, New York Islanders 2 Dallas Stars 6.

TENNIS

ATP RANKINGS 2018: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 9045pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 7480, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 6420, 4 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 6385, 5 Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 5300, 6 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 4710, 7 Marin Cilic (Cro) 4250, 8 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4095, 9 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 3590, 10 John Isner (USA) 3155, 11 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2835, 12 Borna Coric (Cro) 2480, 13 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2315, 14 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 2150, 15 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 2095, 16 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 1977, 17 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 1880, 18 Milos Raonic (Can) 1855, 19 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 1835, 20 Marco Cecchinato (Ita) 1819, 21 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1795, 22 David Goffin (Bel) 1785, 23 Pablo Carreno-busta (Spa) 1705, 24 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 1605, 25 Hyeon Chung (Kor) 1585. Selected other: 90 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 627. WTA RANKINGS: 1 Simona Halep (Rom) 6921pts, 2 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 5875, 3 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 5586, 4 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 5350, 5 Mari Osaka (Jpn) 5115, 6 Sloane Stephens (USA) 5023, 7 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 4630, 8 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 4465, 9 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 4335, 10 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 3415, 11 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 3245, 12 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 3240, 13 Elise Mertens (Bel) 3165, 14 Julia Goerges (Ger) 3055, 15 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 2985, 16 Serena Williams (USA) 2976, 17 Madison Keys (USA) 2976, 18 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 2910, 19 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 2660, 20 Qiang Wang (Chn) 2485, 21 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 2480, 22 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 2362, 23 Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 2153, 24 Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 1820, 25 Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 1805. Selected others: 37 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 1300, 93 Heather Watson (Gbr) 665, 100 Katie Boulter (Gbr) 633.